Receptacle



Patented Nov. 29, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK 1. WAGNER-f, JB., OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T0 H.SCH'ULTZ & COM- PANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A. CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

BECEPTACLE.

application led August 12, 1925. Serial No. 49,722;

This invention relates to improvements in the fancy or deluxe type ofreceptacles used for packaging confections. This type of receptacle is.purchased by retail dealers preceding holidays Easter, Thanksgiving Day,and valso preceding Mothers Day, the'number of such receptaclespurchased by each dealer bem based upon an estimateof the demand o hispatrons. An overestimate by the dealer results in leaving on his hands aquantity of receptacles which lie cannot dispose of for approximatelyone year and an underestlmate results in the loss lof sales due to fshortage of'receptacles. As this class of store-d receptacles to' renderthem unsalable.

The object of the present invention is to provide receptacles of thetype above mentioned which are equally well adapted for a plurality ofholiday sales, thus enabling the dealer to stock a larger number thereofwith the resultant saving 1n cost for quantity purchase and insuring anample supply to meet market demands or any one o the several holidaysfor which the receptacle is adapted.

The invention is fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings whereinFig. 1 isa perspective view of a receptacle constructed in accordancewith the invention.

Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of the same on the line 2 2 of Fi1.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of t e same with the top plate removed.

The receptacle comprises the cylindrical box 1 and cover 2, which,except as hereinafter fully pointed out, are of ordinary constructionwhen composed of paper, it being obvious, of course, that the inventionmay be also embodied in receptacles made of sheet metal or othermaterials.

The cover l2 of the receptacle comprises the head indicated by referencecharacter 2, the same being preferably slightly dished and suitablysecured or joined along its peripheral edge portion to the annular angeor wall element 3. The latter is so constructed as to provide an annularflange 4 projecting above the peripheral edge portion of the plate 2. Inthe instance of a paper receptacle this is referably accomplished bymaking the wa portion 3 of two such as Christmas, A

layers of suitable paper cemented together, the outer layer projectingabove the inner to provide said flange 4.

y Secured or joined along its circumferential edge or edge portion tothe -liange' 4 above the level of the peripheral edge of the head 2 is asecond head 5 which is here shown as composed of two layers of materialand is preferably dished to greater depththan the head 2 so as toprovide an air chamber 6 between said heads 2 and 5 which is adapted toreceive a spacing and cushioning member 7 consisting, for example, of apiece of corrugated strawboard or the like which is disposed centrallyof said chamber 6.

The outer surface of the head 5 is divided into a plurality ofpreferably equal segmental areas 8, 9 and 10, respectively, the numberof said areas being a mere matter of selection. Each ofsaid areasisadapted to contain a pictorial representation or design appropriate torespectivel different holidays such as Christmas, -Faster andThanksgiving.

Rotatably mounted upon the head 5 is a similarly dished plate 11 ofsubstantially the same diameter as said head 5, the peripheral edge ofsaid plate 11 being disposed below the upper edge of the flange 4.Preferably a pivot member 12 is passed centrally through the head 5 andplate 11. The latter is provided With an opening 13 of preferablyfanciful shape and of an area less than that 'of a segmental area 8, 9or 10, said opening being dis osed between the center and peripheral ege of the plate 11 and the latter capable of being disposed so that thepictorial representation covering any one of said areas is exposed toview through said opening 13 which may be bordered by ornamentation toconstitute the representation of a frame for the particularornamentation so exposed to view.

If, previousl to positioning the opening 13 to become disposed within aselected segmental area 8, 9 or 10, a Adaub of glue or cement isdisposed upon one or both the other of said areas, the plate 11 willbecome non-rotatable relatively to the head 5 by the purchaser orrecipient of the receptacle and the adaptability of the latter tovarious holiday uses thus maintained unknown to said recipient exceptupon destruction of the cover. The use of such cement also obviates thenecessity of employing the pivot vention is embodied in a sheet metalrecep element 12 though the latter is preferably employed to preventdislodgment of the plate lllbefore sale of the receptacle by the dealer.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that the said receptacleconstitutes an economic article which is very advantageous to retaildealers in the several respects first above pointed out and is equallyadvantageous to the manufacturer of the receptacles by reason ofrequiring fewer pictorial representations of the full area of the boxcover and appropriate to the several seasons and in many other respectswhich fully if not more than oii'set the greater cost of construction.It will further be obvious that if the intacle or in a receptaclecomposed of an initially plastic or molten material, the structuraldetails will be easily changed and varied by any person skilled in theart without other direction than is afforded by the foregoingspecification 'and the drawings constituting a part thereof.

I claim as my invention 1. A receptacle of the kind specified includinga cover presenting a dished circular head, the outer face of the latterdivided relatively to said head and being provided with an openingpositioned to expose to view substantially all of any one of' saidsegmental fields or areas.

2. A receptacle of the kind specified including a cover presenting adished circular head, the outer face of the latter divided into aplurality f equal segmental areas or fields each containing a pictorialrepresentation or design, an annular flange bordering said head, and asimilarly dished circular plate covering said outer face of said dishedhead and having its circumferential edge confined by vsaid flange, saidplate rotatable 'relatively to said head and being provided with anopening positioned to expose to view substantially all of any -one ofsaid segmental fields o r areas, and

a pivot element connecting said head and.l

said plate.

FREDERICK P. WAGNER, Jn.

